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Die attraktive Lady Susan sorgt für Aufregung in der Gesellschaft: Frisch verwitwet, kokettiert sie bereits wieder mit ihren Verehrern. Um den Gerüchten über angebliche Affären zu entgehen, zieht sie sich auf das Anwesen ihres Schwagers zurück. Dort kann sie ihren Plan in Ruhe weiterverfolgen: einen neuen wohlhabenden Ehemann zu finden. Objekt ihrer Begierde ist der adrette Reginald DeCourcy, der jüngere Bruder ihrer Schwägerin.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning actress Emilia Fox who is best known for her starring role in the long running BBC drama Silent Witness. She has also won acclaim for her performances in Strangers, Pride and Prejudice and Delicious. This definitive...

Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and searches for suitable husbands for herself and her young daughter, the actual action shares its importance with Austen’s manipulation of her characters' behavior by means of their reactions to the letters that they receive. The heroine adds additional interest by altering the tone of her own letters based on the recipient of the letter. Thus, the ...

Written in epistolary form, this novella follows the manipulative behavior of Lady Susan Vernon, a scheming widow intent on securing a financial future for herself and also, rather begrudgingly, her teenage daughter, Frederica. Her sister-in-law, Catherine de Courcey, is none too pleased with Lady Susan's sudden arrival as Susan herself had tried to prevent Catherine's marriage to her beloved Charles.

Annabelle ha perso il lavoro, ha rotto col fidanzato e anche i suoi capelli sono fuori controllo. Perdente in una famiglia di vincenti, questa volta ha l'occasione di rifarsi: ha appena ereditato l'agenzia matrimoniale di sua nonna e ha la fortuna di avere come cliente un vero e proprio scapolo d'oro, l'agente delle star sportive, il ricchissimo, fascinoso e arrogante Heath Champion, non a caso soprannominato Python. Lui desidera solo il coronamento di una vita di successi, e cioè una moglie perfetta.

Wegen ihres wissbegierigen Verstandes hat sich Charlotte Holmes nie mit der Sittsamkeit wohl gefühlt, die in der Oberschicht vom schönen Geschlecht erwartet wird. Aber selbst sie hätte nie gedacht, dass sie einmal eine gefallene Frau sein würde, die sich auf den Straßen Londons durchschlagen muss. Als die Stadt von drei unerwarteten Todesfällen heimgesucht wird und der Verdacht auf ihre Schwester und ihren Vater fällt, ist Charlotte verzweifelt bemüht, die wahren Schuldigen zu finden und den Namen der Familie reinzuwaschen.

Lord Chatterley (Jens Harzer) kehrt gelähmt aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg zurück. Er erlaubt seiner jungen Frau Constanze (Nora v. Waldstätten) sich einen Liebhaber zu nehmen. Ihre daraufhin beginnende leidenschaftliche Beziehung zu dem stattlichen Wildhüter Oliver Parkin (Bernhard Schütz) geht dem Lord dann allerdings doch entschieden zu weit. Seit dem Erscheinen des erotischen Romans von D. H. Lawrence im Jahre 1928, war dieser vom Hauch des Skandalösen umweht. Da kein Verlag den Stoff herausbringen wollte, lies der Autor sein Buch zunächst in Italien im Selbstverlag herstellen. Erst 1960 erschien die vollständige Ausgabe in Lawrences britischer Heimat.

How does the most famous woman in the world hide in plain sight? The beautiful young widow of the President of the United States thought she was free of the White House, but circumstances have forced her back into the role of First Lady. Not for long, however, because she's made up her mind to...

Die egoistische und intrigante Lady Susan quartiert sich im Haus ihres Bruders ein und stiftet erhebliche Unruhe, als sie aus Langeweile dem Bruder ihrer Schwägerin den Kopf verdreht und ihre Tochter verkuppeln will. Jane Austen entfaltet das Geschehen aus der Perspektive der verschiedenen Briefschreiber, die von acht Sprechern gelesen werden...

Lady Susan was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed. Less known than Austen's six great later novels, it demonstrates the wit and sharp observations of Jane Austen - and is shown at its best in audiobook form, with different actresses presenting real characters as they read their letters.

Auch am Ende ihrer dritten Ballsaison hat Sophia Gifford immer noch nicht den Mann gefunden, den sie aus vollem Herzen liebt. Um nicht als alte Junfger zu enden, nimmt sie den Heiratsantrag eines Verehrers an. Doch dann trifft sie plötzlich den charmanten Hugh Quinton wieder, den sie seit fast zehn Jahren nicht mehr gesehen hat. Ihre Gefühle für ihn sind aber immer noch so stark wie damals. Doch er wird durch seine zweifelhaften Geschäfte von der Londoner Gesellschaft, einschließlich ihrer Eltern, verachtet. Sophie sollte ihn nicht einmal als Ehemann in Betracht ziehen.

Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts with its wit and elegant expression.

Come fa la donna più famosa del mondo a nascondersi in bella vista? La bella e giovane vedova del presidente degli Stati Uniti pensava di essersi sbarazzata della Casa Bianca, ma le circostanze l'hanno costretta a rivestire i panni di first lady. Non per molto, comunque, perché ha deciso di fuggire, anche se solo per pochi giorni, per poter condurre la vita di una persona comune. Tutto ciò di cui ha bisogno è un travestimento perfetto... e l'ha appena trovato.

This classic tale from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back to delight readers once again A British Lady, Lady Emma Wells-Finch, the oh-so-proper headmistressof England’s St. Gertrude’s School for Girls, is a woman on a mission—she has two weeks to lose her...

Beautiful, unflinching, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to engineer her daughter into a ill-advised match. A perfectly crafted piece of Austen's ouvere, Lady Susan is a satire of Regency manners that will delight Austen fans and those new to her work.

Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate and beloved servants from her malevolent brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. Or rather, a daring plan to conceive. After all, if she has an heir on the way, her future will be secured. Forsaking all she knows of propriety, Martha approaches her neighbor, a London exile with a wicked reputation, and offers a strictly business proposition: a month of illicit interludes... for a fee.

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK IndieNext Pick LibraryReads Pick This program is read by actor Bessie Carter, best known for her role as Prudence Featherington on the Netflix series Bridgerton. "With audiobook narration by Bridgerton actress Bessie Carter, Lady Tremaine delivers a lush listening...

Figura insoslayable de la literatura inglesa, Jane Austen plasma en este libro una aguda novela epistolar. La obra, más corta y menos conocida de sus novelas clásicas (Mansfield Park, Orgullo y prejuicio) pone como nunca en escena dos temas recurrentes en Austen: el matrimonio por conveniencia y los vínculos de una familia de la burguesía rural.

Lady Susan charms everyone she meets - particularly the men - and is keen on toying with emotions for her own amusement. The novel, told in letters between various characters, follows Lady Susan’s escapades and influences on her family, and the affects that her presences has on their individual trysts and ties to one another.

Gwen has spent the past several years manning the blacksmith’s in place of her father, an open secret in the village in which she lives. A much more covert secret, however, is that she knows not only how to craft but also how to wield a sword, and an incognito stunt at the local jousting tournament manages to catch the eye of the wily Lady Isobelle. Isobelle has secret dreams too, but she’s been promised in marriage to the winner. Desperate to avoid this fate, when she connects the newcomer knight to the female smithy she saw earlier that day, she begins to hatch a scheme…